Culinary utensil



y Patented Feb. 8, 1927.

U iran Sjf'iflia'.if?V

`JAMES. J. KAsTNEn, or cnrone'dfrnmnoisf Y N asians .y sries; I

Para it QULINARY UTENSI'L.

Appiicatin fiieaauneas, 1925. serial. No. 39,513.

This invention relatesito new and useful I 'Y improvements in a culinary utensil.

The primaryobject of the invention is to provide a utensilV which maybe used in vconnection with culinary vessels for preventing` part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

, Figure l is a top plan view of the culinary utensil embodying this invention,

' Figure 2 is a vertical sectional View taken upon line II-II of Fig. l,

Figure 3 is an'edge elevational vview of the utensilshown in Figs. 1 and 2, and

Figure 4 is a fragmentary portion of a modified form of utensil andshown in vertical section which is taken upon the same section line as the showing in'Fig. 2;

In the drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown the preferred em bodiment of this invention, the numeral 5 designates the utensil inV its entirety, as shown in Figs. l to 3 inclusive, which is of substantially disk formation and has the depending, downwardly flaring edge flange 6 which is brokenv at 7, see Figs. 2 and 3. The main body portion of this disk-like utensil is provided with the centrally ar ranged, cup-like depression 7 which is 'sur-Y rounded by thev concentric corrugations including the grooves 8, as shown.

' Extending radially from the pup-like depression 7 to the point where the side flange 6. is broken away at 7", is a rib 9 which is Vraised above the top planeV of the body portion of the utensil and terminates at itsouter end in a downwardly extending lip 10. This rib 9 is stamped from the material from.

which the utensil is formed and thereby closes the ends of theupperrgrooves 8 by means of its vside walls 9. It will beseen by inspecting Figs. 2 and 3 that the edge of the flange 6 terminates below the bottom plane of the body portion of the utensil and thereby maintains the said bodyportion elevated from any surfacel upon which the utensil is placed.

Y preventing the burning ofl food while be- This device is intended tobe employed for ranged thereupon.

ingi cookedy in a. culinary vessel.V 'To per-lV formthis function, the utensil' is placedlin the bottom of thejvessel and the food ar This maintaining of the v food elevatedrfrom the bottom of the Vessel will prevent the saidfood from burning in a well'lrnown manner. A further utility for the utensil is to prevent water from boiling over while being heated in a culinary vessel.`l

In performing this function, the utensil is placed on the bottom of the vessel, as described above, and as the water starts to boil or even while it is boiling, air bubbles will rise fromthe bottom of the vessel to escapev from the surface of the vwater being heated.

The air bubbles starting from the bottom of the vessel' beneath theutensil will exert an upward pressureagainst the bottom of the utensilv and will'cause the latter to vibrate or v bob up and down'. These bubbles will eventually escape from beneath the utensil by way of the groove formed beneath the rib v9 and the broken away pointl 7 in the edge flange 6. This agitatin'g-of the utensil will` prevent the water from boiling over.

formed by the underneath portion of the rib 9 when they will be permitted to escape to thebroken away portion 7 of the side fiange Y Y6. Theprovision of a weight at apoint4 diametrically opposite the opening 7 in the flange 6 will'cause this side of the utensil to remain in engagement with the bottom of the vessel at its outer edge, orat the lower edge of the side flange 6. The escaping bubbles ofy air, however, will cause the side of the utensil having the rib 9 formed therein to Y los rise and` fall in the same manner as described 1n connection wlth the entire utensil shown in Figs. l to 3 inclusive.

Itis to be understood that the forms of this inventionherewith shown and described are to be takenl as Ypreferred examples of shape, size, and arrangement of parts may l the same, and that `'various changes in the K' be resorted to Without departingfroin the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus Vdescribed the invention, T oiairml In a culinary utensil, a disk-like body portion having concentric corrugations formed therein, an edge flange formed on said body portion and depending below the bottom plane of the latter, a radial yrib formed in 'v the body portion andr opening loutwardly through said edge ange, and a radially eX- tending strip-like Weight connected to the underace ot' the body portion and to the edge flange at a point arranged diametrically opposite the said radial rib, the upper face of the strip being undulated for intiinatecontaot With the yconcentric corrugations of the body portion. Y Y

In testimony whereof I atx lny signature.

' .JAMES'JQKASTNEn 

